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ESXI boot CD hang at "Loading module HID"

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durianmy

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I just got my MB (X9SCM-F BIOS 1.0b) setup and trying to boot up the ESXI 4.1.0 34384 CD via a USB CD-ROM.

I ran into the above problem after it loads from the CD-ROM and continue loading the module. Thanks for any guidance/help
 
The only device is the USB CD-RW Drive (IO Magic). Is there any settings that I need to disable on the BIOS ?

Thanks
 
Sorry, forgot to mention it has a PS2 keyboard only. I tried to use a USB keyboard and its the same. The is a IBM BR10i card (Flash to LSI IT firmware) on the PCI-E slot without any HDD connected to it yet.

MB - X9SCM-F
Memory - SuperTalent 4 Gig Module X 4
Processor : Intel Xeon E-1230
Power Supply: Antec Neo 620W
SSD: Crucial C300 64GB on onboard SATA III

The SATA controller has been set to AHCI.
 
I manage to get the installer to load after disabling one of the Ethernet port. But run into errors after pressing the F-11 Accept License screen.

The error seems to be unable to load vmfs3 module.

vmkctl.HostCtlException: Unable to load module /usr/lib/vmware/vmkmod/vmfs3: Failure
 
Sounds like something flaky with the cd or the usb optical drive. Can you borrow a sata optical drive and try again? Or maybe try to install from usb stick?
 
I've managed to track down the issue.

1. There is something wrong with the 82574L Ethernet Controller after BIOS update to 1.0b.
2. Running any latest live CD Desktop (fedora 15) hang during start up
3. Same as ESXi boot CD (hang at Loading HID)
4. If I disabled the 82574L controller, fedora 15 will boot up fine.
5. ESXi boot CD will boot until the Accept License screen but error out with "cannot load vmfs3 module" (Message is misleading, as this is due to ESXi cannot find any Ethernet controller on the MB. 82579 is not supported at the moment.)
6. I than reset the BIOS back to defaults and that seems to resolve the issues with the 82574L Ethernet controller. I can now see both Ethernet controller in fedora 15 and ESXi can at least see the 82574L Ethernet controller and does not throw the "Cannot load vmfs3 module" anymore.

Thanks for all the pointers and suggestions.
 
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